Ah.... long story Tanya.... I started in this trade in 1989 as a ship operator, in an office running a fleet of car carrier and multipurpose ships, eventually 2 years ago the previous port captain resigned and they asked me if I would be up for the challenge. I gave it a try and took position in May 30th 2005

Wow...there's quite a mix of trades and skills here...
I'm a Chartered Engineer, currently working in Telecoms (for Vodafone) where I develop SMS.
Can be a lot of fun, playing with technology and abusing the network but also super stressful at times when the service goes wrong and we start loosing my annual salary every couple of minutes. :108:

Profession? Lion taming...:toothy3: but there's no money in it so I'm forced to lecture in an Art College to fund my bike habit.

I work for an independent record company based in Glasgow. Take care of manufacturing and all distribution outside of the UK.

Just back from industry get together in Berlin called Popkomm. Nice to put faces to names after years of phone calls & emails. On the way back to airport in Berlin clocked a KTM 990SM joining a motorway on a slip road at an angle I wouldn�t have considered. Will endeavour to lean a bit more.

Had a varied career:
Bus Conductor - told the Job Centre I wanted to travel and meet people,
Chartered Town Planner - Thatcher Govt stopped all that,
British Rail Station Manager - ended up SM London Waterloo,
Lambeth Social Services running their transport - lunatics taken over asylum
Cranfield Institute for a year studying Logistics - got the anorak
Dixons Group as their Operations Manager - got megalomania
Equitable Life in sales then Group Pensions - happy until closed in 2000
HBOS as Area Manager until 2004 - retired at 49 avoiding death by paper.

Now building own house see www.timval.com when not riding bikes to exotic places.

It's been fun, particularly the last bit.

Does anyone else think that this shows a remarkable resemblance to a forum member?

Is that forum member moonlighting as a character actor?

Would those be new boot(ee)s being knitted?

job
 

I am a electrician, its not a bad job and the moneys alright. but if I had my time again I would not go into the building trade.

Got to work on the Millenium Stadium for a year when it was being built.

Jason

Very impressed with the self build, must admit this is something I will do in the future, love the idea of the webcam - keep an eye on the workers when your not there!!!

may well want to pick your brains on this at some point, could you send me your details so that I can give you a call some time about it.

I work in Technical Sales at a Flavour House.

Which basically means that I do the same job as Mr Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I am the person that works out how to make food taste good and ensure that it is safe to eat. I help marketing people make their dreams come true. I've worked on Noodle texture, exploding tea bombs, chocolate soup, bacon flavour porridge, strange stuff that never gets launched but amuses food manufactures in meetings.

The down side.... I've fallen into vats of soy sauce, dug out ton batched of dough that has set solid in the mixing drum, spent night shifts making coloured noodles that never got launched, eaten many a disgusting formulation and burnt my tongue regularly, oh and had chilli in my eye once.

Now wheres that smiley i was looking for
No i can't???

so.... your job could be easily described as.... "suck 'em and see" :088:

As in plural? Did you not learn your lesson the first time??? :dontknow:

LOL... I see that its friday ha ha

I�m a traffic policeman 3 years already. I ride on my service Honda and do the job like all policemen worldwide. It�s interesting job, sometimes hard:mod_smilie_icon_pol
I would�nt change.

am a big fat ass lorry driver

dredger driver
 

I work for British waterways Dredging the midlands canals ITS A GREAT JOB !!!!!! :ytiller:

You have a fat ass, or you drive an overly large lorry? :laughing11:

No problem. Have a look at www.timval.com
This shows a diary of our build up to 1 march 2007 when we had a flood which brought down the interior in 10000 litres of water. Haven't been able to update the website since, but about to soon as we have finally made some progress.
PM for personal details and you are welcome to call anytime - apart from January 2008. We are in Lancashire.
Cheers
Tim

Hi Guys... I`m a Builder... served ma time as a Bricky, finished ma time in 78... went selfemployed in 88, done it ever since... jist taking Garages an small extensions an general building works on... but it does pay the bills an keeps ma habit goin....BIKES... would a change it.... well now at nearly 49 its getting harder all the time... an the COLD IS GETTIN COLDER... but its swings an roundabouts money wise.... some time am up sometimes am down...:seasaw: but ave been idle now fur two weeks... Mabozzar

I noticed yer from Swad!!! I learnt to swim there :sunny: (originally from Ashby).

Welcome to the party duder :blob3:

QHSE Manager, erm health & safety thats killed this post then :sleepy2:

Health and Safety??????
I hope you have filled all the forms in to ride your bike:eusa_naughty::hahaha[1]:

I work as a freelance software developer. It's usually a pretty unexciting job but my latest contract is for a porn company. :what:

need anybody to test the software?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?:love-smiley-085:

That's what everyone keeps asking. If you send me your proposed test plan and how you plan to execute the testing I would be happy to consider you for the role :smile[2]:

Use your imagination:shsgging::drool[1]::bj::pjrlaugh_61OD3G:

So captain after watchin news today see you boys been over loading those cargo ships again ???? lol

http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~atb28/w...s/image003.jpg

My Job came as a bit of a shock....well it did when I first got it wrong..:101:

I'm a Electrician

:smilies0946: Mr Captmoto... Are you the Man if I need any info on shipping my Bike :sunny:

I work in the laquer shop at a boat builders finishing all the wood work inside the boat it can get a bit boring but it pays well!
If you wont to see go to www.fairline.com and take a vertual tour of the Squadron 58

Now now, this is a public, family friendly forum

:gayfight:

I am if you intend to ship your bike to Dakar and the rest of Africa, or even South America.

I am a man of many skills i have picked up over the years. Choosing to go into IT was perhaps the worst decision of my life. After being made redundant 5 times in 4 years i decided to leave and instead of high pay enjoying my job was more important

Cleaner (Pub)
Waiter (Restaurant)
Elecronics salesman (Curries)
Cashier (Morrissons)
Celing fixer and Partitions (Jobs inlcuding Odeon cinemas and St Thommas's Hospital)
IT Technician (Maintained all computers for Secom PLC the alarm company)
Computer Manufacturer
Data Migration Consultant (Transport for London)
HR Data Analyst (Transport for London)
SAP implemtation Assistant (Transport for London)
HGV & HI AB Delivery Driver (Jewsons, Build Centre...)
Mobile Test centre administrator (CITB)
Electrician (finally doing something i like)

i'm a train driver pretty dull but i enjoy it. (no i never wanted to do it as a kid). used to drive 2000 ton coal trains but now i take joe public where they need to go, hopefully on time http://www.xt660.com/images/icons/icon10.gif. been doing this nearly eighteen years, so i can do little else. could be worse nice air con cab rattle along at 100mph all day alright money, life could be worse

Just finished 23 years in the British Army. Can someone tell me whats supposed to happen next? Not doing too much just at the moment!
:drillsergeant::drillsergeant::drillsergeant::dril lsergeant::drillsergeant:

huh... I think they call it something like..... get a job? :seasaw:

....middle life crisis of buying a bike!!!

well im in the oil industry working on a oil rig off aberdeen---i hour 10 minutes in helicopter 2 weeks on 2 weeks off--as a chef---**** job but time off great--12 hour shifts--12 hours off cooking for 135 fat guys:moon:

I conduct underwater inspections of oil platforms and pipelines. I spend a lot of time with divers and pilots of underwater inspection robots. The work can be stressful sometimes but I like it.

I think you get a reasonable middle management job, get a nice car, seem to be holding it all togethor and then go completely mad, become an alcoholic. Thats what my family seem to do. :blowup: